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The Department of Energy and Climate Change has shown some
significant foresight in its analysis of energy prices and the
positive impact that renewable energy can have in damping down the
volatility of fossil fuel prices - which is the root cause ofRead more

It's decision time for Ofgem.
We are now reaching the end of a very long process - known as
Project TransmiT - which began in September 2010 to examine the way
in which electricity transmission charges are levied.
This week the board of the GB eRead more

For people in the Western Isles, and Orkney and Shetland, the
issue of electricity links to the UK mainland has been a
long-running sore.
Until recently, the UK grid was fit for purpose - designed for
transmitting and distributing electricity fromRead more

Last week I welcomed Ireland's Minister for Small Business John
Perry TD and UK shadow energy minister Tom Greatrex MP to our
offices in Edinburgh.
Together we discussed the opportunities offered by wave energy,
and the challenges the respective cRead more

Last week's Scottish Low Carbon Investment Conference yielded
two very positive developments for the UK's nascent wave and tidal
sector - the announcement by Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond
of the Renewable Energy Investment Fund, and the statRead more

Last week Ofgem announced (very quietly, under the cloak of the
local government elections) their intent to retain locational
charging as a principal element in the way in which generators pay
to use the UK's transmission network.
This is a real dRead more